The session was also attended by Alexey Kaira, former managing director of the Shokoladnitsa chain, Sergey Mironov, founder of the Meat & Fish restaurants and president of the Russian Restaurant Managers' Union, and Henrik Winter, president of the Tigris restaurant holding. They discussed the challenges the restaurant industry is facing today and the need to breathe new life into food halls, food malls and other gastronomic formats. The participants noted that in today's market, it is high-quality food concepts that attract visitors and play a key role in achieving overall success.
As a part of his speech, Guillaume Sadoux mentioned global urban trends such as city decentralization, as well as the Mesto Vstrechi (Meeting Place) project and its renewed approach to restaurant concepts.